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The case of K6STI deciding to quit the business rather than have his =
efforts pirated or even worse put up on the web is all too common. W7EL =
told me to look at a recent national convention for pirated copies of =
his software. Since software can be illegally copied there is a =
tendency to forget this is the intellectual property of the author and =
not free to be passed out. This has been the case since the early 80's =
when the famous TOM Software case broke. Later the INSLAW case showed =
even the Government could get into the act. And this was software for =
mini's not PC! K6STI decided that in his case if he removed the =
software then he would not be exposed to the problem. Hopefully W7EL =
will have more tolerance.
Look at CT. Anyone can buy a "outdated " version at a hamfest. I don't =
think K1EA ever though about this happening but since this is an =
unsupported version and since many update to a current version this is =
viewed as an opportunity not a problem. Hopefully this view will =
prevail. Support our software vendors.
73 Dave K4JRB
30 + years in software industry Management
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